Hi, I’m Laura. Today, we’re going to prepare cajun shrimp pasta recipe. Never miss today’s recipe. This is a very simple recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit more unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Cajun Shrimp Pasta Recipe
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have cajun shrimp pasta using 16 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Cajun Shrimp Pasta:
- Take 1/2 lb large shrimp, peeled, deveined and tails removed
- Make ready 1/2 lb andouille sausage
- Prepare 3 tbsp cajun seasoning
- Get 1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- Take 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- Take 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Take 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- Make ready 1/2 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
- Make ready 1 – 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- Take 1/2 cup crushed tomatoes
- Make ready 3/4 cup chicken broth
- Take 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- Take 3/4 cup heavy cream
- Make ready 12 ounces fettuccine
- Take Kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper
- Prepare Grated Parmesan and chopped parsley, for serving
Steps to make Cajun Shrimp Pasta:
- Bring large pot of water to boil for pasta.
- Toss shrimp with 1 – 2 tablespoons of cajun seasoning and coat well - Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and drizzle bottom of pan with olive oil
- Add shrimp and cook for 2 minutes or so until starting to curl - Flip shrimp over and cook another minute or two and then remove to a plate and set aside
- Drizzle pan with a little more olive oil, add sausage and brown until nicely caramelized, about 4 – 5 minutes - Remove to plate, set aside
- Add pasta to salted boiling water and cook until al dente
- Lower heat to medium and add another good drizzle of olive oil to the pan, add the onion, red bell pepper, thyme, smoked paprika, 1 tablespoon cajun seasoning, brown sugar and a generous pinch of salt. Sauté until onion and pepper have softened a bit, scraping up any browned bits that you can
- Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds
- Add crushed tomatoes, chicken broth and Worcestershire sauce and bring to a simmer, stirring and scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pan, simmer a couple minutes
- Add cream and stir to combine, bring to a simmer - Once simmering, add cooked pasta and andouille sausage and stir to combine and heat through, 2 – 3 minutes
- Add more chicken broth or cream if it seems dry or you’the like more sauce
- Salt and pepper to taste and then lastly, add blackened shrimp and combine, or place shrimp on top of pasta
- Sprinkle with some more freshly cracked black pepper, grated Parmesan and chopped parsley
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